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Vacation Begins

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"Waiting" Austin, 2018
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/5.6, 1/280 sec, ISO200
 “Waiting” Austin, 2018

こなばんは。How’s it going?

Well, today was the first day of my long vacation. The first leg of my trip takes me from Austin to Los Angeles via Long Beach Airport. It was a smooth flight and I arrived at my brother’s place in Redondo Beach in the evening just in time for dinner. That’s when the festivities began, with a flight of beer at HopSaint Brewing Company, then a drink at my brother’s fiance’s neighbor’s birthday party. After that, we went for a couple more drinks at Hudson House and then back home. What a fun night, and a nice way to start the vacation.

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"Burger Time" Redondo Beach, 2018
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/2.8, 1/40 sec, ISO6400
 “Burger Time” Redondo Beach, 2018
"Fun Photos" Redondo Beach, 2018
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/4, 1/125 sec, ISO400
 “Fun Photos” Redondo Beach, 2018
"Airplane" Long Beach, 2018
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/7.1, 1/600 sec, ISO200
 “Airplane” Long Beach, 2018
"Sunset" Redondo Beach, 2018
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/5, 1/1250 sec, ISO200
 “Sunset” Redondo Beach, 2018

First Marching Band Performance

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"Marching Band" Leander, 2018
Photo info: FUJIFILM X-T10, 31.5mm, f/16, 1/10 sec, ISO1600
 “Marching Band” Leander, 2018

こなばんは。How’s it going?

Tonight Koa performed at his first high school football game. He’s part of the Front Ensemble, which is part of the Drum Line. Since he plays the vibraphone, and those instruments are so large, he just stays at the front of the band with the rest of the front ensemble, and their marimbas, gongs, and other large percussion pieces.

After the game, I asked if Koa liked it and he said it was super-fun! I’m glad he enjoyed his first-ever high school band game. They sounded great, btw!

"Stadium" Leander, 2018
Photo info: FUJIFILM X-T10, 18mm, f/6.4, 1/420 sec, ISO200
 “Stadium” Leander, 2018

I hope you had a nice day!

またね～

Kombucha [snapshot]

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"Kabocha" Cedar Park, 2018
Photo info: OLYMPUS E-PL9, 20mm, f/4.1, 1/125 sec, ISO6400
 “Kabocha” Cedar Park, 2018

This evening we hosted a birthday party for a good friend at our house. As usual, it was a potluck so there was plenty of yummy food. We made a few homemade pizzas which were fun for the guests to make, and we have a lot of leftovers so I am happy! ❤️🍕

Our friend’s husband made individually bottled kombucha, which is the photo above. Truth be told, I didn’t get any photos of the party so I am borrowing one of Mariko’s pics. You can see in the caption that it’s not from my usual
Fujifilm, but from Mariko’s Olympus. That’s a really nice camera, actually.

I hope you had a nice Sunday!

またね～